/. \: I I I J I I __ ð(þ., çv.- Avenue penthouse, which Nelson, who had become interested in art through his mother, a founder of the Museum of Modern Art, embellished with murals by Matisse and Léger. Rockefeller had thought of becoming an architect and had taken courses in architecture at Dartmouth, but after discussing the re- sponsibilities of wealth with his father, his grandfather, and a few of his family's lawyers he decided to go into business instead. His first two jobs, which his family thought would teach him about real estate and money, respectively, were with Rockefeller Center, in the ear- ly stages of its construction, and with the Chase National Bank, of which his Uncle Winthrop Aldrich was president. Rockefeller worked in the bank morn- ings, learning the business in one de- partment after another; afternoons he devoted to Rockefeller Center, work- ing in the renting department. 4 25 r II dIll J) o ßJ 7 /YI . . In 1 932, while continuing his activ- ities at the Center and the Chase Nation- al Bank, Rockefeller took a business fiver with two friends-Fenton Turck, then a vice-president of the American Radia- tor Company, and Webster Todd, whose father, John R. Todd, a con- struction engineer and real-estate in- vestor, was John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s, right-hand man in the building of Rockefeller Center. The three young men put up a few thousand dollars each, rented an office in the Standard Oil Building at 26 Broadway, and, under the title of Turck & Co., conducted a mysterious en terprise which consisted of acting as brokers for arranging busi- ness between various firms on a basis of reciprocity . For instance, if Bank A wanted the account of Railroad B, and Railroad B wanted to haul the construc- tion material for Office Building C, and Office Building C wanted Bank A as -- a tenant, Turck & Co. would under- take, for a fee, to bring these deals about to the satisfaction of all three parties. Substitute the Chase National Bank, the New York Central, and Rockefeller Center for A, B, and C (an example taken from life), and the value of Rockefeller's connections to the firm becomes obvious. He had, as a mat- ter of course, obtained the approval of his family and their lawyers before going into Turck & Co. To get John D. Rock- efeller, Sr.'s, blessing, he and Turck vis- ited the senior Rockefeller at Ormond Beach. "The old gentleman got the idea in three minutes and gave Nelson his old roll-top desk at 26 Broadway," says Turck. "He invited us to stay on a few days and talk over details. Every morning we'd take turns reading Psalms before breakfast, which consisted of floods of orange juice." Rockefeller soon realized that he was,